Madonna University president to retire

Madonna University President Sister Rose Marie Kujawa will retire on June 30, 2015, after the completion of the Livonia-based university’s $50 million capital campaign and construction of a new science and media building.

Kujawa, 71, made the announcement of her intention to retire at the university’s board of trustees’ meeting Wednesday, according to a news release.

Next year will be her 14th year as president.

During her presidency, Madonna saw enrollment increase by 10 percent; the launch of its first doctoral program; and more than $40 million in campus improvements, including increasing the size of the campus, building a new athletic complex and updating classrooms with new technology, said the news release.

Prior to becoming president, Kujawa was an academic vice president for 17 years at Madonna and previously spent six years as provincial secretary of the Felician Sisters. She received her bachelor’s degree at Madonna in 1966, and earned her master’s and Ph.D. from Wayne State University.

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